Chris from Pickup Some Creativity will soon be kicking off a new blog series aimed at beginning sewists. Named Sewing 101, this series will focus on basic skills. Look for guest posts from some of your favorite sewing bloggers! Read … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Boardwalk T-Dress for little girls
Jen from Growing Up With Charissa and Footprints shows how to refashion an adult tee into her little girl-sized Boardwalk Dress. This is a quick, easy dress with loads of personality. Go to the tutorial. (You’ll need to scroll … Read More...
The Newest Issue of The Flow – The History of Flameworking
I took the information for this issue of The Flow directly from them since they described it so well. What a great issue. If you love flameworking this is the best magazine for it!
The Summer 2010 issue of The … Read More...
DIY my big tissue paper roses
Although these stunning roses are not felt they are still a fiber. Sandra Foster of My Shabby Streamside Studio created these lovely Roses out of tissue paper and many of her followers asked her to make a tutorial and she … Read More...
Freebie: Fouth of July Digital Stamps
Click here to visit Scrap N Fonts and download these fun 4th of July digital stamps.
-Heather
Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle … Read More...
Wire Work and Polymer Clay Tutorial
Tutorial Wire Work and Polymer Clay
Originally uploaded by Alkhymeia
I found this wonderful pictorial tutorial from flickr member Alkhymela!
The simple step-by-step photos show how a lovely intricate piece was created.
Click on the photo to check it out!… Read More...
DIY Lemonade Stand
I think I would spend way more than a quarter a glass just for this ambiance. See the details of this cleverly decorated lemonade stand (with sweets) HERE at paper and cake, and you can purchase the printables HERE… Read More...
Ice Cream in a Jar Favors
I think I’ve been saying everything in a mason jar is cooler enough lately to declare a mason jar trend. DIY ice cream in a jar? The coolest. And a deliberate word choice. Find the how-tos for making these … Read More...
Tip: Avoiding “goop” in needlework
Gay Ann Rogers has a useful set of guidelines for preventing an abundance of threads and stitches from overwhelming a design. See her post.
Perfect free toddler backpack pattern and tutorial
I am going to make this for my kid. This free backpack pattern and tutorial look just perfect for him. Do you ever see tiny kids carrying huge backpacks bigger than themselves? That always make me sad. Really? Five year … Read More...
Inspiration: Asphodele
I’m speechless. Asphodele. Woven picots = jonquils and leaves. Woven cones will go in the center of the daffodils. Wow. I mean, wow. See Asphodele’s blog post. (I used Babel Fish to translate it.) And/or see the woven … Read More...
Metal Painting
Now this is a medium that I am not familiar with…metal painting! Not a bad thing to do with those leftover aluminum baking pans! Visit Craft-Project.com to see how its done!
Summertime Flip Flops
Found two great sites for making summertime flip flops!
These flip flops are adorable, and a perfect mother/daughter project! Visit Bo Bunny for the instructions.
Visit I Love to Create Blog for the how to on these patriotic flip flops!
Coffee Filter Flowers
These could be great for fireworks hanging from a room too! Love them! Once Again, Crafts By Amanda has come up with an adorable simple craft for your kids to enjoy!
Handprint Flags
These flags are just too cute, and the perfect start to my exhaustive search on the internet for great July 4 kid crafts!! An Indiana Mom is where you can find the how to for these cute flags!
Have you ever tried crafting with a three year old?
It’s, um, how to say this nicely… ANNOYING. It’s annoying if you are actually trying to accomplish anything and totally adorable as long as you have no specific goal. I give Jack paper, glue and pom poms all the time … Read More...
Pig Pen Cake
I thought immediately of the Three Little Pigs when I saw this clever cake. Find the recipe for the cake and piggy inspiration HERE at Sugar and Everything Nice.
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See TAFA works on flickr
Rachel Biel (Rayela’s Fiber Focus) just announced that TAFA: The Textile and Fiber Art List now has a group page on flickr. If you’re in the mood for some serious eye candy, head over that way.
Why use cable stitch?
Tenar of Tenar’s Cave says,
… Read More...Cable stitch is a useful and beautiful stitch in pulled thread work, but I never got why it should be used in normal surface embroidery. I mean, it produces lines of stitches you can easier
Tutorial: Machine embroidery on leather
Anja Rieger says “it is amazingly easy” to create these keychains by machine-embroidering on leather. See the tute.